HOW DO WE MAKE SURE WE FARE WELL AT THE JUDGMENT SEAT?
The Apostle Paul said in 2 Corinthians 5:9-10 that they always tried to please the Lord because we shall all appear before his judgment seat. Therefore the sinner must repent of his sin, accept God’s grace and forgiveness for it while the backslider must return to the Lord like the prodigal son of the scriptures returned to his father.
We have to resist sin and cannot rationalize our actions to soothe our consciences. Jesus will not accept any of our rationalizations of sin. The only correct posture before God for sin is repentance. For example, the homosexual cannot say to him you made me this way. He will not accept it. Homosexuality is sin.
God wants his people to know that this is sin. He did not cause anyone to be homosexual. They succumbed to temptation. In James 1:12-15 it admonishes, “Blessed is the man that endures temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither does he tempt any man but every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust has conceived, it brings forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, brings forth death”. Yet some would argue, “These feelings and attractions were with me since I was a child, how is it that I was not born like this?” For those who understand the mechanics of sin this is not surprising. We read about the school where 4 and 5 year olds engaged in oral sex with each other. What made these children want to repeatedly commit this sin that they had observed somewhere? They were tempted by what they saw, once they committed the sin, the feeling of it drew them in and they succumbed to it continually. Temptation is not afraid of even the very young. To be tempted with any sin, including homosexuality, when one is very young is not surprising at all.
The enemy engages us in temptation from the time we are children to create patterns of sin in our lives that will be difficult to overcome when we grow into adulthood because we will be practiced at them. He does this to create a place for himself in our lives and to rob us of salvation and a deep, abiding relationship with God. Homosexuality is not different from any other sexual temptation.
Do not believe the lie that Jesus made you that way. It is a lie and when you give yourself fully to homosexuality you will find that it will impair your relationship with Jesus. Many have experienced this estrangement from him even though it does not appear that such is the case. What I am telling you is the absolute truth and if you forsake homosexuality and all other sin you will find the peace of knowing Jesus indeed and no one can take that from you. In the judgment, Jesus will not excuse sexual sin or any other sin that we commit that has not been expiated by his blood. Many will find no place with God on judgment day and this is why there will be great weeping on that day. If you overcome your sin, whatever that sin is, you will enter into the kingdom of heaven.
If you think, contrary to what has been said above, that God will accept your homosexuality, here is what the Lord says about homosexuality in the scripture. In Leviticus 20:13 the Lord says, “If a man lies with mankind as he does with a woman both have committed an abomination…”. The penalty under the Law for this was death the same penalty as adultery and murder. Do you really think as some have purported that this refers to lying in bed only and not to anal intercourse? It is very lucid. Romans 1:26-27 states, “For this cause God gave them up to vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: and likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another, men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was meet”. Do you think that this does not refer to homosexuality that it is speaking about something else? What other interpretation could there be that would not misconstrue, abrogate or dismiss the words of this scripture? Again it says in 1 Corinthians 6:19, “Do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God. Be not deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God”. The term ‘effeminate’ refers to a youth kept for homosexual relations with a man or a male prostitute. The term ‘abusers of themselves with mankind’ refers to a homosexual. Thusly, we understand that the bible labels homosexuality as a sin.
Your peers may tell you that the word homosexual is not mentioned in the scripture so the bible does not show that homosexuality is sin. Are the above scriptures unclear to you? In any case, how could the word homosexual be mentioned in scripture since it did not yet exist when the King James Version was translated? The term was first used in the late 1800’s. Newer translations have the word because it exists in our time. You can be sure that no one will tell Christ on that day you have made me a homosexual. He knows the absolute truth about how and when they fell into that sin, nothing is hidden from him.
The only way to hear, “Well done you good and faithful servant enter into the joy of the Lord” on that day is to live a holy and righteous life for the scripture says, “Without holiness no man can see God”. Titus 2:14 instructs, “For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works.
These are the days to turn from sin, to seek the Lord in repentance for judgment is about to come to the nations in the earth and in some cases, it has already begun, also, the Lord is about to pour out his Spirit upon mankind yet again and those who call upon his name in sincerity will be saved. He is calling all who have turned away from him to return to him and to walk in holiness, righteousness and godliness in his presence. In Zechariah 1:3 he says, “Return to me and I will return to you”. He has left the righteous ones and has come looking for you, please heed his command. This is the time to appeal to God’s mercy, a time to forsake all wrong so that you may be ready for the snatching away of his bride and his return for these events are soon to occur.
PRAY THIS IF YOU WANT TO BE SAVED AND HAVE NEVER BEEN SAVED
Dear Lord Jesus
I am a sinner and I want to have eternal life so that I may fare well in the judgment. I repent of my sins. Wash me in your blood and save me. I give my life to you. I give my heart to you. Make me yours now Lord. Fill me with your Holy Spirit. Come to live inside me and help me to obey you and live a righteous life. Give me the power to turn from all ungodliness, all unrighteousness, the power to live righteously, soberly and godly now in the earth. Make me a part of your bride. Keep me and my spiritual garment pure and clean. Lord, write my name in the Lamb’s Book of Life. Thank you for saving my soul. Amen
PRAY THIS IF YOU HAVE BACKSLIDDEN AND WANT TO RETURN TO THE LORD
Dear Lord Jesus
I have sinned against heaven and against you. I have failed to live as you have required. I repent of my sin. I want to return to you my Savior. Remove the stony places from my heart and the stiffness from my neck. Wash me in your blood, cleanse me from every sin and stain, fill me afresh with your Holy Spirit, renew my spiritual life. Clothe me in a new spiritual garment and help me to walk in righteousness so that I may maintain a clean and pure garment in your presence. Strengthen me with might in my inner man, by your Spirit and dwell in my heart by faith. Renew my vigor in the faith, let no deceit envelop my life, protect me from the deceit of sin, from the deceit of the enemy. Protect me from the enemy, from principalities and powers, from the rulers of the darkness of this world, from spiritual wickedness in high places. Help me to put on my spiritual armor that I will be able to stand in these days and having done all to stand. Help me to accept your forgiveness, purge me from a guilty conscience that I may live in faith before you. Thank you for washing and rescuing me. Amen
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